Stimulation of intestinal Na+/H+ exchange by cell volume changes during fasting and refeeding in rats.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 1995;
209:354-9. [PMID:
7638242 DOI:
10.3181/00379727-209-43907]
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Abstract
Intestinal cell water was studied in rats that have been fasted then refed, two conditions that are known to decrease and increase, respectively, proliferation of the intestinal epithelium. Cell water decreased (15%) during fasting and returned to normal with refeeding. The amiloride-sensitive sodium uptake, which estimates uptake through the Na+/H+ exchange was higher in the ileum than the jejunum, but the jejunal uptake, unlike the ileal, was significantly increased in fasted/refed rats than in normally fed or fasted ones. Osmotic shrinkage of intestinal cells followed by restitution of their cell volume stimulated the Na+/H+ exchange in all of the three groups of animals, but the increase was most prominent in the fasted and the fasted/refed groups. Also, shrinkage of cultured jejunal crypt cells (IEC-6) by a hypertonic solution increased intracellular alkalinization that was inhibited by amiloride. The results provide evidence for a relationship between the change in intestinal cell size, such as that which occurs during fasting/refeeding, and the activation of the Na+/H+ antiport system. This may represent one of the signals that initiates intestinal proliferation in the fasting/refeeding state.
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